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2025 F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin has taken part in a Formula 1 test with Mercedes. 
The French driver recently revealed in an interview on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast that the plan was to take part in an F1 test with the Brackley outfit. Now, Mercedes has shared photos of the milestone moment with the caption, "A milestone moment for Doriane Pin. Getting behind the wheel of an F1 car ...Keep reading

The #24 Gamota BMW #23 secured pole position on Saturday during qualifying for the first race of the 2026 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers, surprising many of the favoured teams.
David Jahn set a time of 8m09.488s early in the session, which was temporarily interrupted, and none of the rivals could beat it.
The #3 Winward Mercedes of Max Verstappen and Lucas Auer had originally qualified sixth ...Keep reading

Toyota has been part of the World Endurance Championship since its inception in 2012. From LMP1 to the Hypercar era, the Japanese manufacturer has experienced many highs and lows as it approaches its 100th race in the series.
During that time, Toyota has claimed 49 wins and started from pole position 42 times. In total, it has secured 13 world titles, split between seven manufacturers’ and ...Keep reading

Brodie Kostecki and Matt Payne took a win apiece on Saturday on the second day of Supercars racing at Ruapuna Park near Christchurch in New Zealand.
Kostecki took the opening 37-lap sprint race, but everyone had to give best to Grove Racing’s Payne in the second encounter, as he dominated the race to lead home Triple Eight Ford’s Broc Feeney.
The first Saturday race was a reverse image ...Keep reading

George Russell is eager for Max Verstappen to stay in Formula 1 but isn’t worried by any impact his departure would have - arguing no driver is bigger than the championship.
The four-time world champion is currently weighing up his future after being left incredibly frustrated by the new-for-2026 regulations, which he claimed are “anti-racing”. 
It also doesn’t help that his Red ...Keep reading

The WSK Promotion programme enters the heart of its calendar this weekend, fresh from the WSK Super Master Series, which, across its five rounds, kickstarted the 2026 season and crowned the season's first international karting champions.
Now, the spotlight shifts to Lonato for the second round of the WSK Euro Series, which picks up from the first round at the Leopard Circuit in Viterbo in ...Keep reading

Formula 1's long-serving safety car driver Bernd Maylander has explained how the tragic events of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix served as a catalyst in dramatically improving the championship's safety car system.
Maylander reflected on the era before widespread standardisation during an appearance on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast. 
"I think the medical car was always a part of it, or ...Keep reading

Robert Wickens nearly pulled off a phenomenal GTD pole run in qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. 
UPDATE: The pole-sitting #89 Vasser Sullivan was found to have a ground clearance violation in post-qualifying inspection, sending the Lexus to the rear of the grid. That means DXDT Racing and Wickens inherit the pole position. This story was written before technical ...Keep reading

Nick Yelloly stormed to pole in a furious round of IMSA qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The Briton, who shares Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s #93 Acura ARX-06 with Renger van der Zande, blitzed  the field with a flying lap of 1m11.626s around the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit.
BMW M Team WRT’s Marco Wittmann, in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8, ended up second by ...Keep reading

Laurin Heinrich is adjusting quickly to a new change of scenery at this weekend’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
After contesting - and winning - the opening two endurance rounds in IMSA with Porsche Penske Motorsport (PPM), the 24-year-old German was, moreless, loaned out to privateer JDC-Miller MotorSports to co-drive the #5 Porsche 963 with Tijmen van der Heim. And it didn’t take long ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle has labelled Williams' start to the 2026 season as "very concerning".
Despite team principal James Vowles heavily backing the Grove outfit's long-term 2026 project last year, the reality on track has so far fallen short of expectations. 
After missing private testing in Barcelona at the end of January, Williams was already on the ...Keep reading

In the first week of April, IndyCar driver Will Power's father, Bob Power, was approached by an armed gunman who attempted to steal his vehicle as part of a multi-day crime spree. After briefly wrestling with the man, law enforcement arrived on the scene and apprehended the suspect.
Power was uninjured in the encounter. On Friday, ahead of the Long Beach IndyCar race weekend, Will spoke about ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes Red Bull will inevitably be forced to place Max Verstappen's departing race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase on gardening leave to protect highly sensitive future car developments.
Lambiase, affectionately known as GP, has signed to join McLaren in 2028 as chief racing officer. While the move will come when his current contract with Red Bull expires ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Ollie Bearman has revealed that Lewis Hamilton was one of the first people to reach out to the Briton after he made his F1 debut with Ferrari at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. 
Bearman was brought in at the last minute to stand in for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after the Spanish driver was taken ill with appendicitis. He impressed ...Keep reading

Colton Herta has ruled out attempting to run the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula 2 round at Montreal on the same day.  The California native, who is a test driver for Cadillac’s Formula 1 team and currently running his maiden season in F2, was previously rumored to contest this year’s Indy 500 with Andretti Global, his IndyCar team for six years (2020-25). Although the option existed prior ...Keep reading

Ferrari says the decision to keep Balance of Performance data secret in the 2026 World Endurance Championship will take away a key element of the 'race narrative'.
Earlier this week, it emerged that the WEC will no longer publish BoP figures in 2026, with any information kept private between the teams and the series.
Previously, the championship released a detailed table ahead of each round ...Keep reading

Graham Rahal is hoping to hold onto his welcomed momentum, but warns it’ll be a challenge coming into the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The 37-year-old Ohio native ended a 41-race podium drought with a third-place finish in the last round at Barber Motorsports Park. Although that result helped lift the spirits of both he and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL), there is an element of ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak has taken on a test driver role at Toyota to help develop the Japanese marque’s all-new car for the 2027 World Rally Championship.
As first reported by Dirtfish, Toyota has since confirmed to Motorsport.com that the 2019 world champion has joined the team to help with the development of its 2027 WRC challenger, built to new technical regulations that will come into force next ...Keep reading

The highly anticipated prequel to the Ocean's franchise is set to have a Formula 1 link.
Speaking during a Warner Bros. showcase at CinemaCon, Margot Robbie, who will star in the film alongside Bradley Cooper, explained that the heist movie will be set around the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix. 
“Before Danny Ocean ever stepped foot in Vegas, two masterminds taught him everything he knows — his ...Keep reading

Two years ago, Pato O’Ward said there was a deadline to consider the possibility of reaching Formula 1. Now that he is 26 and has established himself as one of the benchmarks in IndyCar, that deadline has passed; however, the Arrow McLaren driver has also lost interest in the F1 due to the new cars and rules. 
In an interview with FOX Deportes ahead of this weekend's Long Beach race, the ...Keep reading